fruit

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Synonyms: bruit, frit, gruit, freit, fluit, fruin, frut, cruit, fruct, ruit, pruit

Antonyms: bruit, frit, gruit, freit, fluit, fruin, frut, cruit, fruct, ruit, pruit

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|botany}}{{lb|en|botany}} A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
2. {{senseid|en|Q3314483}}Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit {{q|see former sense}} even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
3. An [[end result]], [[effect]]{{,}} or [[consequence]]; [[advantageous]] or [[disadvantageous]] [[result]].
4. {{lb|en|attributive}} Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; {{q|of living things}} producing or consuming fruit.
5. {{lb|en|dated|colloquial|derogatory}} A [[homosexual]] [[man]], especially an [[effeminate]] one.
6. {{lb|en|derogatory|figurative}} An [[effeminate]] [[man]]. {{defdate|from 1900}}<!--See talk page-->
7. {{lb|en|archaic}} [[offspring|Offspring]] from a sexual union.
8. {{lb|en|informal}} A [[crazy]] person.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[produce]] fruit, [[seed]]s, or [[spore]]s.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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